“Well, I don’t know whether an augury will give us a usable result, but I think your question needs to be refined a little to have a chance. Perhaps ‘Will we confront Ammon’s murderer by asking “Did you compel Ammon to kill himself?” while in a zone of truth with a large group of people present?’ As I believe the circumstances where the question will be asked, are just as important as the question itself.”
*Tiberius then pauses for a moment, before adding a few options of his own.*
“Of course, we might want to ask something along the lines of ‘Were you involved in Ammon’s death?’ or ‘Were you responsible for Ammon’s death?’, just in case we’re wrong about the way Ammon died. After all, it could have been a murder staged as a suicide or something else, and not Ammon killing himself under some form of compulsion ... even though that seems the most likely method, taking the stable boy into consideration as well. An added benefit of my alternate questions is that they could reveal conspirators if there are any, as they’re not just focused on the act of killing Ammon itself. Though then we’d probably want to change the first part of your question to ‘Will we confront those involved in Ammon’s death by asking’ as well, if we intend to broaden the scope of the question we intend to ask in the zone of truth.”
